Cancer Radiation

Posts Tagged ‘radiation therapy’

I am 61 years old and recently diagnosed with low grade prostate cancer. I have to decide on radiation therapy or complete removal of the prostate. I would like to hear from anyone who can shed some light on this for me. I am leaning toward radiation, but need to know if this therapy makes people sick. All responses will be much appreciated. The “seeds” therapy is not an option for me, due to the size of my prostate. I would like to hear from all.

My 72-year-old grandmother has been diagnosed with stage 3 lung cancer. The doctor says it is inoperable. She began radiation therapy this week (so far they have not said anything about chemo) she has been a smoker since the 1950’s and is currently still smoking. What are her chances of survival.

I was diagnosed with testicular cancer on Oct. 22, 2009, and had surgery on Oct. 23. I began my radiation therapy today, Nov. 16, and have begun recording my progress with these video logs. Today was radiation treatment 1 of 20.

Radiation therapy for my joint cancer has left me with a permanent tan on the treatment area that’s 5 shades darker than the rest of the rest of my skin. My right arm looks like it belongs on a mediteranian and it looks weird when I wear short sleeves. Even packages of the most expensive tanning sprays and lotions cannot get my natural skin tone to match the dark intensity of my radiation tan. I’m only 19 and the treatment area is not in a spot that is easy to cover up all the time. It’s been a year since my last treatment. Is there anything I can do to get my skin color there close to back to normal?
The scar from my surgery looks really bad too because the radiation made it so much darker than it was before.

I am especially interested in diets that can rebuild the female endocrine system.

It’s against the law to cure any disease and this doesn’t make any sense.
Oh! I forgot about all the billions drug companies would lose.

My mom’s just getting done with her chemotherapy for breast cancer and she wants to know how other people did with radiation therapy. We’ve been looking up info on the web, but she wants personal stories of how other people did.

What did you do to get through therapy? What made therapy easier to deal with? What kind of side effects did you have?Anything at all you can think of to make therapy easier on her? She’s 67. Thanks in advance.

BSherman: Please don’t tell me what kidney cancer is, that is not my question. My question is WHY do radiation and chemotherapy have such minimal result if any in kidney cancer. Hopefully now you understand this so complex (to you) question.